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Music (session musician pathway) (Level 4 Higher National Certificate / Diploma HNC in Music (general pathway)/ HND)

Pearson BTEC
Music

Course Overview

If music is your passion, this exciting course could lead you into the music industry. You’ll need to be able to play an instrument or sing. On the course you will learn the skills required of a modern performer such as how to rehearse and perform in live gigs, how to make the most of working in a recording studio and also the business side of the music industry. Performance, theory, aural training and composition are combined with technology skills to provide a varied training programme. The outstanding facilities include rehearsal spaces, recording studios, Apple Mac suites and a 170 seat theatre. You will have the opportunity to learn and develop technical skills and benefit from the knowledge and experience of tutors. Students have recently won three 1st prizes in the MUSIC SKILLS NI inter college competitions as well as Gold and Silver in the UK World Skills Popular Music in recent years.
  • Start Date
    2 Sept 2024
  • Study Mode
    Full-Time
  • Duration
    1 Year (HNC) 2 Year (HND)
  • Campus
    Strand Road

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  • Course: Pearson BTEC Level 4 Higher National Certificate / Diploma HNC in Music (general pathway)/ HND in Music (session musician pathway)
    Campus: Strand Road
    Type: Full Time
    Start Date: 02/09/2024
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Course Offering

  • Site location Strand Road
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Course Modules

  • Marketing and promotion
  • Fundamentals of composition
  • Composing using technology
  • Applied music theory
  • Performing
  • Songwriting
  • Creative research
  • Advanced performance skills
  • Live arrangement skills
  • Project management
  • Composing to a brief
  • Musicology
  • Professional development
  • Music industry
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Entry Requirements

UK Requirements

32 UCAS Points plus satisfactory standard achieved at mandatory interview/ audition.

ROI Requirements

32 UCAS Points equivalent plus satisfactory standard achieved at mandatory interview/ audition.

Work Placement

N/A

What's Next?

Further Study

Direct entry to the final year of an honours degree programme is a possibility at both Leeds College of Music and Leeds Beckett

Career Prospects

The course provides invaluable experiences working in real life scenarios that have led to many of our graduates successfully working in the industry as session musicians, music producers, sound engineers, teachers, managers, composers and more

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Meet our students

  • Image of Olivia McBride (Performing Arts)
    Studying at NWRC was the best two years of my life. I’m now signed with one of the biggest Talent Agents in the UK. 
    Olivia McBride (Performing Arts)
  • Image of Holly Miller (Medical & Applied Science)
    After graduating from NWRC I went to Queens University to study a BSc in Chemistry, followed by a PGCE. I'm now working as a full-time Chemistry teacher.
    Holly Miller (Medical & Applied Science)

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